r showy
flowers and berries. Others lie near the ground like a vetch;
<i>K. prostrata</i> is called the <i>Coral Pea</i> (q.v.),
or <i>Bleeding Heart</i>, or <i>Native Scarlet Runner</i>,
or <i>Running Postman</i>. Another species is called
<i>Australian Sarsaparilla</i>. See <i>Sarsaparilla</i>.

1885. R. M. Praed, `The Head Station,' p. 294:

"Taking off his felt hat, he twisted round it a withe of
crimson Kennedia, then put it on again."

<hw>Kestrel</hw>, <i>n</i>. the common English name for a
falcon. According to Gould the Australian species is identical
with <i>Cerchneis tinnunculus</i>, a European species, but
Vigors and Horsfield differentiate it as <i>Tinnunculus
cenchroides</i>.

1893. `The Argus,' March 25, p. 4, col. 5:

"The kestrel's nest we always found in the fluted gums that
overhung the creek, the red eggs resting on the red mould of
the decaying trunk being almost invisible."

Kia ora, <i>interj</i>. Maori phrase used by English in
the North Island of New Zealand, and meaning "Health to you!"
A private letter (1896) says--"You will hear any day at a
Melbourne bar the first man say <i>Keora ta-u</i>, while the
other says <i>Keora tatu</i>, so replacing "Here's to you!"
These expressions are corruptions of the Maori, <i>Kia ora
taua</i>, "Health to us too!" and <i>Kia ora tatou</i>,
"Health to all of us!"

<hw>Kie-kie</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a climbing plant,
<i>Freycinetia banksii</i>, <i>N.O. Pandanaceae</i>; frequently
pronounced <i>ghi-ghi</i> in the North Island of New Zealand,
and <i>gay-gie</i> in the South Island.

1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' p. 77:

"The trees were . . . covered with a kind of parasite plant,
called a keekee, having a thick cabbage-like stock."

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf' (Notes), p. 505:

"Kie-kie (parasite). . . . A lofty climber; the bracts and
young spikes make a very sweet preserve."

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 20:

"The unused food . . . of our little camp, together with
the empty kie-kie baskets."

[sc. baskets made of <i>kie-kie</i> leaves.]

<hw>Kiley</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal word in Western Australia
for a flat weapon, curved for throwing, made plane on one side
and slightly convex on the other. A kind of boomerang.

1839. Nathaniel Ogle, `The Colony of Western Australia,'
p. 57:

"In every part of this great continent they have the koilee,
or boomerang . . ."

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Disco